An Address Delivered in the Orphan Asylum, New-York, Feb. 5, 1822 on Conflagration of Orphan House in PhiladelphiaE. Conrad, 1822 - 11 pages |
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... heard , lamentation , and weeping , and great mourning , Rachel weeping for her children , and would not be com- forted , because they were not . The history of this text , is supposed by some , to de- scribe the state of the children ...
... heard , lamentation , and weeping , and great mourning , Rachel weeping for her children , and would not be com- forted , because they were not . The history of this text , is supposed by some , to de- scribe the state of the children ...
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... heard ; deep lamentation , excessive weeping , and great mourning ; while in the anguish of their souls , they re- fuse to be comforted , because their little ones were not , and laid in their untimely graves . From the scene in ...
... heard ; deep lamentation , excessive weeping , and great mourning ; while in the anguish of their souls , they re- fuse to be comforted , because their little ones were not , and laid in their untimely graves . From the scene in ...
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... heard ! The faithful watchmen hazard their lives to rescue the tender sufferers ; and while some are snatched from the burnings , others drop into a bed of flames , to rise no more . Where are now the Rachels , who weep and lament the ...
... heard ! The faithful watchmen hazard their lives to rescue the tender sufferers ; and while some are snatched from the burnings , others drop into a bed of flames , to rise no more . Where are now the Rachels , who weep and lament the ...
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... heard , adds a thrill to their con- sternation , and a puncture to their grief . Who but will apply to them the pathetic language of our text ? How strongly it marks the sorrows of their breast ! their voice is heard , lamentation , and ...
... heard , adds a thrill to their con- sternation , and a puncture to their grief . Who but will apply to them the pathetic language of our text ? How strongly it marks the sorrows of their breast ! their voice is heard , lamentation , and ...
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... heard in the streets of Phila- delphia . For the afflicted Ladies , who so generously watched over that Orphan Family , you cannot but pos- sess a lively feeling ; especially when you indulge thought , with what kindness and attention ...
... heard in the streets of Phila- delphia . For the afflicted Ladies , who so generously watched over that Orphan Family , you cannot but pos- sess a lively feeling ; especially when you indulge thought , with what kindness and attention ...
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Page 6 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 5 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.